We all want to be frugal!
Trying to be frugal with money for meals, while also being nutritious, can be disheartening at times. When you toss in trying to stay away from gluten, and the other various things, it's even more challenging. Most people can and will use things like whole wheat pasta, whole wheat bread, whole wheat tortillas, homemade breads, pizzas...all of that is out of the picture for us. So cutting costs and being creative is the order of the day, here.
When I see what some people call their frugal budget, I am amazed at their bottom line. I have searched for many ways to make delicious meals, frugally, and our meager budget is meager, by most standards. There are some who spend less than we do, and still make very good meals.
We get assistance...
We have food assistance from the state here, which we've been blessed with. And shortly, we'll be able to get off of it. But I'm using this time as a challenge for myself, and I'm excited. We get a set amount per month, and I've always used that, AND plenty of our own money, to feed us. And we have tossed so much food away, because it's gone bad. No more. I can really only get what we will eat in a two week period of time.
We also get WIC, which is a huge help, in getting the pantry basics we all enjoy. Another post soon, I will share what we get, and what I do with it, to make it fit into our dietary guidelines.
This is basic training for me, soon the wheels will be taken off, and it will be easy to go back to spending whatever, whenever on food. I don't want that. We have things we want to do around the farm and house, and debts we want to tackle. That calls for keeping it sucked in, food wise.
The bottom line
Our budget is $257 a month, for 2 adults, and 2 children (2&3, almost 3&4)
That breaks down to:
$15.63 per person, per week
A total of $63 per week. Which doesn't seem like a lot, however, I don't think we'll go hungry!!
For the first time in awhile, I'm excited about cooking, and planning our various standards. I've been depressed over this at some points, y'all. Deeply depressed...and didn't care what we spent, or what we ate.
So my challenge will be to spend $63 per week (going shopping twice a month), for the rest of this year. That's 20 weeks. Should be fun times! Later, I'll be able to sit down and figure out how much we're able to save, by spending this amount. I also have to look back at what we would spend before I realized I was wasting our money! ;)
I'll be sharing recipes and my shopping trips, and the price book I've started, throughout this journey.
Anyone want to join me?
Trying to be frugal with money for meals, while also being nutritious, can be disheartening at times. When you toss in trying to stay away from gluten, and the other various things, it's even more challenging. Most people can and will use things like whole wheat pasta, whole wheat bread, whole wheat tortillas, homemade breads, pizzas...all of that is out of the picture for us. So cutting costs and being creative is the order of the day, here.
When I see what some people call their frugal budget, I am amazed at their bottom line. I have searched for many ways to make delicious meals, frugally, and our meager budget is meager, by most standards. There are some who spend less than we do, and still make very good meals.
We get assistance...
We have food assistance from the state here, which we've been blessed with. And shortly, we'll be able to get off of it. But I'm using this time as a challenge for myself, and I'm excited. We get a set amount per month, and I've always used that, AND plenty of our own money, to feed us. And we have tossed so much food away, because it's gone bad. No more. I can really only get what we will eat in a two week period of time.
We also get WIC, which is a huge help, in getting the pantry basics we all enjoy. Another post soon, I will share what we get, and what I do with it, to make it fit into our dietary guidelines.
This is basic training for me, soon the wheels will be taken off, and it will be easy to go back to spending whatever, whenever on food. I don't want that. We have things we want to do around the farm and house, and debts we want to tackle. That calls for keeping it sucked in, food wise.
The bottom line
Our budget is $257 a month, for 2 adults, and 2 children (2&3, almost 3&4)
That breaks down to:
$15.63 per person, per week
A total of $63 per week. Which doesn't seem like a lot, however, I don't think we'll go hungry!!
For the first time in awhile, I'm excited about cooking, and planning our various standards. I've been depressed over this at some points, y'all. Deeply depressed...and didn't care what we spent, or what we ate.
So my challenge will be to spend $63 per week (going shopping twice a month), for the rest of this year. That's 20 weeks. Should be fun times! Later, I'll be able to sit down and figure out how much we're able to save, by spending this amount. I also have to look back at what we would spend before I realized I was wasting our money! ;)
I'll be sharing recipes and my shopping trips, and the price book I've started, throughout this journey.
Anyone want to join me?
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